Extinction Rates Could Be 10 Times Worse Than We Thought

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 27, 2018 Yet again, researchers confirm that climate change threatens the natural world with a soaring extinction toll. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration’s Approach to the Environment Is Immoral

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Dec 17, 2018 Many "scientific" questions are more accurately considered moral questions. The EPA and Interior Department are failing in both areas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lakes Emitting More Methane as They Evaporate

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 27, 2018 As greenhouse gases are released from drying lakes, even the world’s freshwater could affect climate change calculations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Growth of Threatened Otter Population Appears Stuck

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press May 17, 2018 Wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to restore the crucial coastal predator to an undersea world that's falling apart in their absence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Earth Day: Conflict Over the Future of the Planet

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance Apr 22, 2018 It is difficult to look at the state of the planet and the current political leadership and see much hope. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 3, 2018 The Trump administration should veto the chemical giants' pending merger to protect not just competitors but human and environmental health. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

King Penguins Face a Shrinking Realm

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 5, 2018 When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable—and that is bad news for king penguins. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans

By John Hawthorne / MoBox Marine Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Global Warming Threatens the World’s Mountains

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Feb 8, 2017 Climate change is fundamentally altering mountains across the world, making ecosystems more vulnerable as tree lines migrate up slopes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Map Reveals How Roads Devastate Nature

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 18, 2017 Scientists call for urgent protection of ecologically valuable roadless areas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rio Fails to Deliver on ‘Green Olympics’ Pledges

By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network Aug 24, 2016 The promise to improve favela conditions, for example, was simply abandoned. Instead, many communities were forcibly removed to make way for Olympic projects. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: Amid the Gloom Covering Our Planet, Some Rays of Light

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2015 On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )